What is another word for Gamboling?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈambə͡ʊlɪŋ] (IPA)

Gamboling is a verb that means to jump, skip or play in a lively and carefree manner. There are several synonyms for the word that can be used interchangeably depending on context. Frolicking, skipping, prancing, capering and romping are some alternatives to gamboling. These words may connote a sense of innocence, joy or mischievousness depending on the emotions of the person who is doing the gamboling. A writer can use any of these synonyms to add more variety to their writing or avoid repetition. Overall, gamboling and its synonyms are great ways to describe playful movement and activity.

Synonyms for Gamboling:

What are the hypernyms for Gamboling?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Gamboling

With her lips drawn to a thin, colorless line, she drove her across the coulee and up the hill, the calf Gamboling close alongside.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
There are a few straggling beech trees, upon a low, bleak-looking field before the house, which is called, par excellence, the lawn; a pig or two, some geese, and a tethered goat are, here and there musing over the state of Ireland, while some rosy curly-headed noisy and bare-legged urchins are Gamboling before the door.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
Critics of the oratorio seldom fail to point out these "natural history effects"-to remark on "the sinuous motion of the worm," "the graceful Gamboling of the leviathan," the orchestral imitations of the bellowing of the "heavy beasts," and such like.
"Haydn"
J. Cuthbert Hadden

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